ACA Lactation Coverage Class Can't Secure Certification

Mealey's (September 28, 2020, 2:17 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Women allegedly denied coverage for lactation services mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) fail to adequately allege that their insurer had an actual policy of denying the claims or imposing cost-sharing, a federal judge in Illinois said Sept. 24 in declining to certify the class (Laura Briscoe, et al. v. Health Care Service Corporation, et al., No. 1:16-cv-10294, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175618)....